Athena SWAN - Institutional Silver Award

The University is proud to have been formally recognised for its commitment to promoting gender equality by attaining the prestigious Athena SWAN Silver Institution award.

The University is one of only 7 Institutions in the UK, and the first in Scotland, to hold this higher level of award.

I am delighted that the University has been successful in getting a Silver Institutional Athena Swan Award. This award is a tribute to the hard work of the many staff (both male and female) in putting strategies in place to support gender equality, and the genuine institutional commitment to this endeavour

Professor Jane NormanVice-Principal People and Culture

Our Awards

Sixteen Departmental Athena SWAN awards are held across the University: 10 at Bronze level, 5 at Silver and 1 at Gold level. The University is one of 6 Russell Group institutions in which all STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) Schools/Departments hold Athena SWAN awards.

History

The University is one of the original members of the Athena SWAN Charter, which was launched in 2005 and now has more than 130 member universities and research institutes.

We were awarded our first University Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze in 2006 and successfully renewed it in 2009 and again in 2012.

Further details on Athena SWAN Charter, our Instituational Silver submission and action plan, along with the other Univesrsity departments awards can be found at:

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number
SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a
“Recognised body” which has been
granted degree awarding powers.